Shade/colour the whole page?

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I would like to have the paper(A4) all coloured or at least to what the
printer will print up to.

I currently do edit/select all/ then

Format/ Borders and shading/shading and then select the colour. - It only
coulours the area of text.

Is there a way to do this?

Mike
 
Hi Mike,

Open your document's header or footer, then insert a rectangular autoshape
and size, position & shade it accordingly. If you've got different odd &
even margins and you only want to shade up to them, you'll also want to
format the shape as 'behind text' and set its positioning relative to the
margins.

Cheers
 
Thats fantastic. I have expanded out the box to fill the whole page but in
preview it has some white space around the page which in normal view is not
shown. I gather that is the printers limitations for the inkjet printer?

Thanks again
Mike

macropod said:
Hi Mike,

Open your document's header or footer, then insert a rectangular autoshape
and size, position & shade it accordingly. If you've got different odd &
even margins and you only want to shade up to them, you'll also want to
format the shape as 'behind text' and set its positioning relative to the
margins.

Cheers

--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


MikeR-Oz said:
I would like to have the paper(A4) all coloured or at least to what the
printer will print up to.

I currently do edit/select all/ then

Format/ Borders and shading/shading and then select the colour. - It only
coulours the area of text.

Is there a way to do this?

Mike
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Hi Mike,

Few printers can print right to the edge of the paper. That's why you'll see
an unshaded area. The size of this will vary from printer to printer.

Cheers

--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


MikeR-Oz said:
Thats fantastic. I have expanded out the box to fill the whole page but in
preview it has some white space around the page which in normal view is not
shown. I gather that is the printers limitations for the inkjet printer?

Thanks again
Mike

macropod said:
Hi Mike,

Open your document's header or footer, then insert a rectangular autoshape
and size, position & shade it accordingly. If you've got different odd &
even margins and you only want to shade up to them, you'll also want to
format the shape as 'behind text' and set its positioning relative to the
margins.

Cheers

--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


MikeR-Oz said:
I would like to have the paper(A4) all coloured or at least to what the
printer will print up to.

I currently do edit/select all/ then

Format/ Borders and shading/shading and then select the colour. - It only
coulours the area of text.

Is there a way to do this?

Mike
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In Microsoft Word 2003, there is an easy way to do the same task.

1. Clik Tools - Options
2. Click the Print tab and make a check mark on "Background Colors and Images"
3. Click Format - Background - choose desire colors.

and as said by MACROPOD, edges will left unshaded.

Hope this help, let us know!
 
Thanks to both. I have office 2000 , but this issue has bugged me for sooo...
long and now to you both, all solved. Cheers
Mike
 
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